Station / Estación # 159: Tezonco

Metro station Tezonco: Station icon is a human skull. I was ready to fill my own with come what may. It was early Monday afternoon when I arrived and the streets were quiet. I arrived at the church to observe, inside and out; a 6 point plan ‘how to be a saint’, papel picadofluttering against a puffy-cloud sky.

Next to the church – colourful carousel roosters, crimson crested.

I headed on through a bustling tianguis, keeping a steady stride, not lingering too much.

A dead dog with spewing innards lay lifeless in my path and wasn’t a great visual to confront. Some Mexico City residents like to joke about ‘tacos de perro‘ (dog meat tacos) but I had already worked up a hunger and had spied well-patronised taco stands right next to the station so I didn’t let it deter me.

I sat down at a stand with a rotund woman at the helm and called up a couple of tacos, one arrachera and one al pastor. The result – the best tacos, on the street or elsewhere, I have had in a very long time here in Mexico City, perhaps getting close to the best ever. Juicy succulent meat, 15 pesos a pop – highly recommended! Get down to Tezonco Station. Roam, wander, chomp, swallow, enjoy.